Machine for making boxes of paper



'ft-meen STATES PATENT @FFCE- f R. L. HAWES, OF VVORGESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BOXES OF PAPER/.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 12,255, dated January 16, 1855.

T 0 @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, R. L. HAwEs, of 7Worcester, in the county of vWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for Making Boxes of Paper or other Material Capable of being folded; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichn Figure l, isa front viewof the machine. F 2, a vertical section of the same in a plane passing through the axis of the main shaft, and Fig. 3 a back view with Acertain parts broken away to show other parts which would be concealed by them. Figs.r` 4L and 5 are vertical sections taken at right angles to Fig. 2, in or nearly in the line f, of that ligure. Fig. at representing'the section as 'seen from the front and Fig. 5, as seenfrom behind. Figs. 6 to 15 are views ofdetached portions of the machine which will be re- `ferred to in proper order in the description.

Figs. 16 to 20 are views showing one of the boxes on its mold at different stages o-f the manufacture. y

ISimilar'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This machine is intended chiefly for the manufacture of boxes to contain friction matches but may be employed to make boxes for other purposes. It takes the paper or material to form the boxes fro-m a roll of prop-er width, pastes it on the proper parts, and cuts it into proper lengths to form the boxes, folds or laps each piece to form the sides and bottom or head o-f the box succes f y sively and presses together the pasted parts to make perfect seams. It at the same time takes paper from another roll, prints it, cuts it into proper ,lengths to form labels, applies one of the said labels to the proper part of each box which is pasted to receive it, and presses out the label smooth. When the boxes are required for matches or for other purposes which render such application Anecessary it also applies a coating of 'glue over their bottoms or heads, and covers sisting of a bed-plate Ak and two standards B, and C, of which the back or principal one B, rhas cast with it or otherwise attached to it a circular head or stationary cam D, in the center of which is one of the bearings of the horizontal main shaft E, whose other bearing is in the standard C. The main shaftcarries what I will term the f mold wheel, from the reason that it carries a number of molds, marked G1, toyG, on the outside of which the boxes'are formed, and it also carries a spurwheel H. The mold wheel;consists of a disk I, having'a hub J,

whose lengthis exactly equal to the desired depth of the boxes. The disk I, may contain any number of radial slots a, a, but the number represented is six (6) 'as that is found mostconvenient. Each of these slots is of a width equal to the width of the molds G1, toAG, which are intended to move freely within them, and extends from the hub J, outward. The' hub has anuin'ber of projections 7), I), extending its whole length, and one ,side of each of these projections is parallel with 'one side of one of the slots a, a. The opposite sides of the projections leave a rconsiderable space at the opposite sides of the slots, and to these latter sides of the projections is secured a series of blades c, c. These blades exceed the ylength of the hub by so much asis represented atc', c, in Fig.-

suflicient to cut across a' piece of paper of suitable width to form the whole depth of the side and the. width of the bottomof the box. The distance between the edges of the blades isequal to the required length of paper to form the box. VThese blades, as they are severally and successively caused by the revolution of the shaft E to pass a fixedl blade (Z, of the same length attached to the back of the standard C, acting each in its turn in combination with the said fixed blade, form shears to cut the proper lengths from the roll of paper, represented in red color in Fig. 4, which is contained upon a n loose roller M, so aranged upon `a fixed axle 24, secured in a standard W, and standing parallel with the main shaft, that the paper will move past the disk with one edge close or nearly so to its face. The blade (Z, though I have termed it a fixed blade to distinguish it from the revolving blades c, c, is not rigidly fixed, but is capable of yielding to a certain extent in any required direction, or else, it would be scarcely possible to arrange all the blades c, c, to act properly in combination with it. It is composed, as shown in Fig. 7 which represents a lon gitudinal sect-ion, and also in Figs. 4 and 5 lwhere transverse sections are shown, of a niunber of short pieces CZ, which are placed in an open bottomed box e, each with a spring 7, behind it or opposite its cutting edge, but each confined within the box by a stud g, which is attached to it to work in a slot in one side of the box. The box is pivoted by a pivot z', at one end, so as to vibrate up and down, to a block h, which is pivoted by a pivot Za, to the standard C, so as to allow the edge of the blade to move laterally, or slightly upward from the shaft :j E; and a spring J is applied between the box and the block in such a way as to throw the edge downward. The vibrating movement of the block h, upon the pivot ,7c is for the purpose of allowing the edge to swing out of the way of the molds as they severally pass it, and this movement is effected by studs Z, Z, see Fig. 1on the face of the spur wheel H, coming in contact with, and raising an arm m, attached to the block. The weight of the box and block is sufiicient to effect. the cutting action of the blade (Z. lVhen the blade is not in action or being lifted by the studs Z, Z, the block h, rests upon a stop 11 on the inside of the standard C.

The molds G, to Gb, consist each of a piece of wood or metal of such form that the paper by being lapped around it will form the sides of the box. Each one is fitted to work freely, parallel with the shaft E, through a slide K, (see particularly Figs. 2 and 3 in the latter of which figures the circular head D, is broken away to show one of the slides) which is fitted to the back of the disk I, to slide freely toward and from the center. This latter motion is provided for by the slots a, a, in the disk. The longitudinal movement of the molds through the slides K, K, is such that they advance to bring their ends flush with the end or front of the hub to receive the paper to form the box and are retracted to withdraw them entirely within the face of the disk, in order that the boxes when finished may be detached from them simply by being prevented following them. The movement of the slides is produced Vby the stud o, with which the back side of each is furnished, working in contact with the inside of the rim L, on the front of the stationary cam D, with which the studs are kept in contact by springs p, p,

connecting the slides with the disk. The longitudinal movement of the molds is produced by levers F, F, which work on fulcra 0, g, attached to the back of the slides and have each two studs 1, 1', one on each side of the fulcrum, which workin contact with the inside face of the stationary cam. This face is of such form that during so much of the revolution of the mold wheel as corresponds with the part of the cam D, above the lines 1, 2, of Fig. 8, which represents a front view of the cam D, the stud r, of each lever is thrown forward, and the Vmold is pushed out flush with the end of the hub J, as will be seen by reference to the upper mold in Fig. 9, but during so much of the revolution as corresponds with the space included be tween the lines 3, 4, of the cam, the stud r', of each lever will be thrown forward; the throwing forward of the mold being effected by the stud 1, ascending an inclined part 5, of the face of the cam, and its retraction by the stud 1, ascending an inclined part '0. The lower lever in Fig. 2, is represented in the act of retracting the mold, its stud 1', being in 4the act of ascending the inclined part (i, of the cam.

0n the inner side of each mold is placed a plate N, which is of the salne width as the mold, and of Isuch a length that it extends from the front of the hub J, a short distance into the slot. These plates are each furnished with two guide rods 30, 30, which enter holes bored in the hub to receive them, and around these rods are spiral springs 31, 3l, to force the plates outward toward the molds to hold the paper secure to them during the operation of lapping the paper around them. The outward motion of these plates is however limited so that they will not' follow the molds to their full extent of their motion from the shaft E, which is indicated at G', in Fig. 4, but will leave space enough for the paper to enter between them without difficulty.

In the spaces hereinbefore referred to between the slots d, a, and those sides of thc projections 79, to which the blades c, c, are attached, are small clamps t, t, shown in Fig. 4, which are hinged to the hub, and extend the whole length thereof. These clamps are for the purpose of performing part of the operation of lapping the paper around the mold each having a lip u, which is caused to lap over its respective mold as shown at G3 G4L in Fig. 4, every time the mold is moved by its slide K, toward the central or main shaft. The movements of these clamps to and from their respective molds are effected by providing each with a tongue t', and a spring fw, the springs being for the purpose of holding the clamps away from the mold as shown at t', except when they are wanted to clasp them, and the tongues being for the purpose of being acted jV upon to throw the lips over the mold at the come in contact with the said tongues and' move them so as to throw the clamps to the desired position.

On a shaft O, which is secured to the upper part of the standard C, and extends parallel with the shaft E nearly across to the face of t-he disk I, is a presser P, of which a perspective View is given in Fig. 9 consisting of a loose sleeve fitting to the shaft and carrying a wire or light rod of metal formed in such a way as to be capable of bearing upon the lwhole length of the mold which is presented in front of .the disk. This is so influenced by aI spring X, which is coiled around it as shown in Fig. 2, that except when it is raised by one of the six studs y, y, in the face of the disk it is thrown downward upon t-he mold which happens to be passing it as shown in Fig. 4; but the action of the studs y, y, is such that it is always raised by one of them except while one of the molds is'passing-its end, which each mold does as soon as the lip of its clamp laps the paper over it. On an'- other shaft Q, which is arranged parallel with E, and O, and secured to the' standard C, is another presser R, of which Fig. 10 is a perspective view, and Fig. 11, a front View This presser is made of light metal platev of its lower part showing the form of its lower edge, which is such as bear upon the whole length of the mold which is presented through the disk I, and lap over its ends at z.

and is secured'to a sleeve S, fitting loosely to the shaft, and is so operated upon by a spring 7, see Fig. 1, acting on an arm 8, attached to its sleeve as to bring it down upon any mold passing within its range, which is nearly the same as the range of the presser P, but when no mold is within its range it is raised and held up by one or other of six steps T, T, which form a cam on the periph* ery of the disk I, and act upon a pin 10, in the end of the arm 9 which is attached to the sleeve. On a pivot 11, in the standard C, not far distant from the shaft Q, is hung an arm U, as a rest for which a small stud 12, is secured in the standard. This arm which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and represented detached in a perspective view, Fig. 12, carries, rigidly connected with it, a secondary arm 13 which passes over and behind the spur wheel H, and has attached t o it a plate 14 and a smaller plate 15, both of which lie nearly close to the face of the hub J, the latter being, when the arm U, rests on the stud 12, in such a position that the ends of the vmolds will pass it in their revolution, and the former being rather nearer the central shaft than are the molds, as shown in.

face ofthe spur wheel, of meeting and passing one of the molds. At some distance below the plates 14 and 15 there is a plate 16, which is attached by a rigid arm 32, of similar form to the arm 13, to the standard C. This plate 16, occupies such a position that the ends of the molds pass opposite to and nearly in close contact with it.

In the wheel H, near the rim there are six slots through each of which works a small liever V, the form of which will be best understood by reference to Fig. 13, which represents a portion of the wheel broken away to` show the interior of a slot. These levers work each on a pivot -or fulcrum 17, passing through its slot, and one arm is presented in front of and the other behind the wheel, the

latter arm being bent near the end so that when swung back as sho-wn in black outline in Fig. 13 it may present a small rounded or liat surface nearly in close contact with the hub J. The front arm is attached by a spring 18, to a smalllpin 19, secured in the front of the wheel, and is thereby, except when otherwise influenced, alwaysthrown into the position shown in red dotted outline in Fig. 13; but as the front arms pass a stationary tongue 33, attached to the standard C, they are severally arrested by coming in contact with the said tongue, the lever is thereby caused to move to the position sho-wn in black outline, before the lever passes and escapes from the tongue.

v I have now described the construction and Vlabeling and sanding except the pasting apparat-us which I will next proceed to describe preparatory to describing the operation of making the boxes. The pasting apparatus consists merely of two parallel rollers 20, 21, of wood or other material, which are Varranged to lit in the open bottoms of two paste receptacles 22, 23, arranged below l the roller M, and secured to the same stand ard lV. The rollers are each of a circumference equal to the length of paper necessary to make a box, and of a length equal to the width of the paper, which width should be equal tothe depth of the box with its width added, in order that it may form the side and bottom of the box. The paste rollers are covered with small cavities or cells on such parts as are required to take up the paste and leftsmooth on the other parts, as will be seen by reference to F ig.l 14, where-their peripheries are shown projected on a plane. The roller 21, having only to paste a strip near one edge of that side of the paper working in contact with' it is covered except at that part. by a bottom fitted to the paste box 23, but every part of the roller 20, is ex posed to the paste as there is no bottom in the paste box 22. The paste rollers receive motion ata proper speed by means of spur wheels 24, 25, on t-heir shafts, the latter of which is geared by wheels 26 and 27 with the spur wheel H. On the shaft of the spur wheel 27, is a roller X, which guides the paper from the paste rollers to the mold wheel and assists in moving it so as not to strain it too much over the edges of the blades c, c.

In commencing the manufacture of the boxes, the paper is passed from the roll as indicated by the red line in Fig. 4, which represents it, then round guide rollers 28 and 29 between the paste'rollers under the roller X, and its end passed upward by hand high enough to cover the face ofthe plate N, of such one of the molds as will be, when the mold wheel is turned 0n its axis in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 4, rising from the position of GG in Fig. 4, at which part of its revoluti/on each mold is retracted entirely within or behind the face of the disk in consequence of the stud r', of its lever being on that part of the cam D between the lines 3 and 4. The paper should be pulled tight by hand and held to the face of N. Before the mold advances, it will be, by reason of the stud 0, of its slide K, passing up the step 34 of the rim L, of the cam, drawn from the center E, farther than the plate N, is capable of following leaving a space between it and the said plate as shown at Gr', so that when the mold is advanced by the stud r, ascending the incline 5, it will pass, without dragging on the paper, along the face of N. Immediately after the mold has advanced, it is moved toward the center E, by the stud o, ascending the step 35, on the rim L, of the cam, and the paper is by that means seized between it and its plate N, in the manner shown at G2, after which it may be released from the hand, and a continuous rotary motion given tothe mold wheel, when the paper will be seized by the several molds and their corresponding plat-es N, as they successively arrive in the proper position, and will, after fairly started, always be held by one or two of them and kept strained with a certain degree of tightness over the edges of the neighboring blades c. As each blade c, is caused by the revolution of the mold wheel to pass the fixed blade (Z, the paper between that and the next in advance of it, indicated by the lred letter Y, in Fig. 4, will be cut from the roll. This will take place when the mold wheel has moved -a little in advance of the position shown in Fig. 4. Immediately after the paper is cut 0H, the stud o, of the mold by which it is held will reach the step 36, o-n the rim L, of the cam and by descending the said step will move the mold and plate N, toward the center E, and as the mold passes between the edge of the lip u, of its clamp and the side of the next projection 7), of the hub, the parts 37, 38, of the paper will be bent upward as shown in bold red outline in Fig. 15, which is a front view of a part of the mold wheel and its appendages. Just before the stud 0, reaches the bottom of the ste-p 36, of the cam, the plate N, comes in contact with the tongue V, of the clamp and forces the lip u, toward the mold, and thus bend .over the part 37, of the paper, as represented in bold red outline, and the latter being after the stud 0, has passed the step, and the clamp has lapped the paper over the top of the mold as shownin dotted red outline. Immediately after the clamp has overlapped the edge of the mold the presser P, which has been previously held up to the position shown in bold outline in Fig. 15, by one of the studs Q, y, is set free by the stud passing it and thrown down by its spring on to the edge of the lap 37, to hold the same down during the lapping of the part 38 over it. The presser P, also insures the laying down of the lap 37, which the clamp might fail to do perfectly. The paper is now folded in the form represented by a bold red outline in Fig. 16, which is a sectional view, and the next operation will be that of lapping the part 38, over the part 37, as represented by a dotted red line in that figure which will complete the for mation of the sides of the box. The lapping over of the part 38, is effected by the presser R, whose stud 10 descends a. step T, on the periphery of the disk I, immediately after the action of the presser P, and thus allows the said presser R, to descend just as the mold arrives near it, and cause the lapping to be eifected by the mold passing under it. The inside of the lap 38 having been pasted, adheres to the lap 37. At the time the presser' R, has descended, to its full extent the mold is in the position indicated by G3. At the same time the straight edge 39, of the presser is forming the lap to finish the sides of the box; the part z, at the frontend, is commencing the end of the box by bending, over the end of the mold, a portion 40, of the paper which, in consequence of its width being greater than the length of the whole effective portion of the mold, presented in frontof the disk I, stands beyond the end of the mold. This is illustrated in Fig. 11 where a longitudinal section of the mold with the paper upon it is shown.

At the above described stage of the operation the partly formed box is in the condition represented in perspective in Fig. 17, the next part of the operation will be the lapping over of the left side 41, to bring it to the condition shown in Fig. 18, after which the right side 42, will have to be lapped over to bring it to the condition shown in Fig. 19; and after that the lower part 43, must be brought up to cover the parts 41, 42, as shown in Fig. 20, and finally the whole has to be pressed and smoothed over. The side 41, is lapped by the action of one of the levers V, attached to the spur wheel H, the said levers being severally situated opposite the molds, and revolving with them, the lever opposite either mold, coming in contact at the proper time with the stop 33 as before described and illustrated in Fig. 13, and having its back end moved from the position there shown in red dotted outf line to that shown in black outlines, by which operation the lap is effected, as will be easily seen by reference to that figure, where the mold and partly formed box are also shown. The above operation takes place immediately after the operation of the presser R, the lever V, being in the act of moving as the presser is being raised by its stud passing up the next step T, on the periphery of the disk I.

The lapping of the side 42, is performed by the small plate 15, attached to the arm 13, shown in Figs. 5 and 12. The mold passes this small plate immediately after the sudden return of the lever V, which takes place after the lapping of 41, the arm U, and secondary arm 13, being held stationary at this time by a spring 100, which presses on the arm U, which carries it.`

The action of this plate 15, is, perhaps, best illustrated in Fig. 13:, where the mold is supposed to be in the act of passing it in the direction of the arrow there represented.

The lapping of the lower part 43, is performed by the plate 14, on the arm 13, which latter plate, when the plate 15, is in operation, is within the circle described by the arc in which the mold and box are moving as will be seen by examining .its position in Fig. 4; but as soon as the center of the mold arrives opposite the plate 15, and the lapping of the side 42, of the paper has been effected, one of the studs Z, Z, onthe face of the wheel H, comes in contact with the arm U, which is thereby swung a short distance upward and the plate 14, is thereby moved outward from the center E, and made to pass in front of the end of the mold, and by reason of its proximity thereto is caused to lap the lower part of the paper43, upward over 41 and 42. By the time the last described operation is performed the mold has nearly reached the position of Gr, where the laps forming the bottom will be pressed together firmly by passing in contact with the fixed plate 16.

It will be understood that as the necessary paste was applied to the paper before it was cut from the roll, the several lapping operations pastes the parts together. In order to make it apparent how the cavities in the rollers are distributed to paste the proper parts of the surface some explanation will here be given which would have been less intelligible in that part of the specification where the pasting apparatus has been already described, as it would not have been then so well as it may be now understood. The side of the paper which is next the mold, receives no paste except along that part which stands in advance of the front end of the mold, to form the bottom of the box which part is never in contact' therewith; and none is deposited on A.so much-of the latter part as is to form the lap 40. This side is pasted by the roller 21. The side which is to be outside the box is pasted by the roller 20 and receives the past-e all over the outside of the lap 37, which is to be covered by the lap 38, all over the part which is to receive the label, and all along the part which extends beyond the end of the mold to form the bottom except the part which forms the-lap 40. rllhe indented parts of the surfaces ofthe rollers which receive the paste are shown in Fig. 14 all marked to show what part of the box they g paste. I have carefully avoided the necessity of pasting any part of the paper which comes in contact with the machine, and thereby the machine will be kept clean. lVith that view the roller X, is only madeto extend as far forward as the ends of the molds so as to be clear of the pasted part of the inner side of the paper.

The last rdescribed part of the operation finishes the box, with the exception of label- I ing and sanding.` The next part of the operation in regular order, consists, when the box is for matches, in giving its bottom a coating of glue or other suitable material to prepare it to receive the sand or other rough material upon whichA to rub the matches. This is effected by means of a'roller 44, which is hung loosely on the lower and longer arm 45 of a lever, whichworks on a fixed stud or fulcrum 46, secured in the back of the standard C. This lever vibrates'in such a way as to vdip the roller in a trough 47, which is secured to the back of the standard C, and contains the necessary glue or adhesive material, and then to carry it up to meet the box and rollover its bottom. This always takes place shortly afterthe mold passes the position vof G4, and just atr action von the shorter arm 49, of the lever,

ofa swinging plate 50, which hangs-loosely on a pivot 51, at the back of the standard C. This plate is lshown in Figs. 1 and 5 one of the studs Z, Z, `on the wheel H, comes in contact with it and :throws it aside, and causes it to act on the lever so as to overcome the force of the spring 54, `and raise the roller to meet the box, and apply :the glue.; after which :the stud Z, soon passes it and allows the roller to descend under the influence of the spring. li

The next operation in regular order -is that ot' applying the label, which during the foregoing operations has been printed, and moving from the printing apparatus to meet the tbox. It is not necessary to describe particularly the printing apparatus as it differs but little from that used for other purposes. The roll of `paper y'on which the labels are printed, represented in Fig. 4 by a blue line, :is carried vby a rolle'r 55, hung loosely on a fixed axle secured in a stand- Vard Z. The typecylinder 56, receives an intermittent rotary motion by means of a ratchet wheel 57, on its shaft, and a pawl 58, behind the standard B, :see Fig. 3, the said pawl being acted upon by studs 59 (ot which there are six to correspond with the number of molds) attached to a wheel 60, which is secured to the shaft E, and this movement of the type roller takes the paper from the roller 55, to -print it, and carries the .printed labels along a table 61, at the end of which they are cut o one 'by one, as required to be presented to ythe boxes. The cutting off is effected vby a pair of shears of which one blade 62, is attached .perma-` nently `to a xed standard 63, andthe other 69, is attached to an upright sliding-.piece 64, which receives an upward and downward motion at certain intervals through a connecting'rod 65, from an arm 6G, on a` rock shaft 67, which works in bearings nearly close to the bed-plate, and carries an arm 68, Vat the back of the standard B, which arm is acted upon to raise the -blade by the studs 59, on the wheel 60, and to carry down .the blade by a spring 70, connecting it with the standard. The type cylinder makes six movements, ,for every revolution of the mold cylinder, viz, one for yevery mold, either complete revolutions or parts `of a revolution as maybe required, according Ato the space occupied by the form. These movements take place when the sliding piece 64, is down, in order that the label to be=cut off may be placed upon `a small table piece above the lblade i69. The label in passing to the table 7l, passes under the fixed blade 62, and is cut off as soon as it is deposited upon the table by the upward vmotion ot' the blade 69, whose cutting edge stands in advance ot' or beyond the edge of the table, and, by the continued upward movement ot the sliding piece, is carried up to `meet the 'mold which carries the box. This meeting of Athe label `and box will ytake place very shortly after the mold has passed the position of G5, in F-ig. 4, in which figure the cut label .is shown -upon Athe table which has nearly finished its upward. movement. The table holds lthe label Iup to meet the part of the box which is pasted to `receive it, and the label is immediately.afterwards smoothed and pressed by passing lin contact with a roller 72, which is also carried by the sliding .piece 64, vand is supported by springs 73,

`so as `to cause it to .give an elastic pressure.

The concluding operation is that of sanding the bottom, lpreviously to .which the box ,requires :to be removed .from Athe mold. This removal is effected by the retraction of the `mold within or behind the face of the disk I, while the box is seized by a pair of `tongs 74, 75, which dip it `in a fixed open sand box 76, see Figs. 2 and 5. The retraction of the mold is eti'ected by the stud r, otl ythe mold lever .passing up the inclined part 6, of the face ot the cam D. The tongs are such as are used for other purposes, the two parts being `pivoted 'together bya pivot 77. The part 74, is furnished, .on the opposite side of the pivot to its jaw, with two lugs 78, by which it is suspended from or pivoted to a hanger 79, secured :to 'thestandard This mode of suspending the part 74, of the tongs does not allow it `to receive any llateral motion, and therefore all the lateral motion necessary to open and closethe jaws, requires to be given to the part 7 5., which swings up and down with 74. A spring 80, is applied to the jaws in such a way as to close them, when left under its iniiuence. The jaws are thrown up to seize the box during the time of the retraction ot' the mold, at which `time the mold will be almost directly under the shaft E. Their upward movement is eiected by a wiper wheel 8l, acting on .a lever 82, which hangs on a ulcrum 83 in front of the standard C, andis connected by a rod 84 with the t-ail ot- 74, the said wheel and lever throwing down the said tail and raising the jaws of t'he tongs. Atthe time of rising the jaws must be open, and the opening is effected by the tail of v75, ,passing down the inclined inner side of ra spring tumbler 85, which works on a pivot 86 in a light piece of `framing 87, in front of the machine, but when the jaws have received the box 'bee tween them theyare closed by the spring 80, as by that time the tail of 75, has escaped 71, which is carried by the said sliding below the tumbler. The tongs seize the box near the bottom or front, as shown in Fig. 2, where the box is tinted red, but a support is also given to the top or back part after the mold is retracted by a hook 88, attached to the jaw 74. This hook is pivoted to the jaw, but when the box is first received by it, it is in a fixed position relatively thereto, asitrests upon a projection (not visible in the drawing) provided for it outside the jaw. By the time the mold has been entirely retracted from the box, the lever 82, -is left free by the wiper wheel, and the tongs arev caused by a spring 91, attached to the tail to descend with the box toward the sand box 7G, which the box must enter in `an up right position in order that it may be sanded all over the bottom. It is brought to an upright position by the hook y88', which is thrown upward from the aws of the tongs as the latter descend, by reason of a small arm 94 attached to the said hook, coming in contact with a bent lever 89, pivoted to the standard C, and being swung upward by the continued descent of the jaw. The sand box is supplied with sand from time to time during the operationof the machine by means of a hopper 90, which is placed `in front of the machine, and the said box is constructed with a bottom of cloth or other flexible material, in order that the sanding of the whole of the bottom of the box may be better insured. After the sanding of the box is performed it isset free by the opening of the tongs during their ascent to repeat their operation, and it is thrown over the back of the sand box by means of a rod 92, on a small rockshaft 93, working in bearings on the sand box, which rod is thrown forward to knock over the box by the act-ion of the lever 89, in depressing an arm 95, on the same rockshaft 93. rIhe lever 89, is depressed for the above purpose by means of studs 98, in the front face of the wheel 27, and drawn up again by a spring 96, connecting it with the standard C. The rod 92 is returned after knocking over the box by a spring 97. The finished box falls through a hole 99 in the bottom of the bed plate A,

, into any suitable receptacle.

I have now described the whole operation of making a lsingle box. It will be readily understood that the same operation is performed by and upon every mold of the six in regular succession as long as the revolution of the shaft E, continues and paper, paste, printing ink and sand are supplied to the machine. Several boxes are in operation at the same time, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 4, where the mold G, is about to seize its share of paper; the mold G2, is just about to have its paper -cut from the roll; the mold G3, is having the side lap formed upon it, the mold G4, is having the bottom of the box smoothed off and pressed; the mold G5, is just about to have the label .sixty boxes in that time.

lpasted on; and the mold G6, having been retracted from a finished box is moving on to take fresh paper. The number of molds is not arbitrary but the number shown, is found to work well.

The first machine constructed on this plan works successfully at a speed of ten revolutions a minute, and having six molds makes A similar machine with or without either or both the labeling and apparatuses may be employed to make lidsor covers for the boxes. The labeling and sanding apparatus may also either or `both be omitted if not required for the boxes.

' Having thus fully described my invention I will proceed to state. what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

l. I claim, the pasting apparatus consisting of `rollers 20 21 working inthe open bottoms of vessels containing paste or other adhesive material, said rollers having cavitiesor cells to receive paste from the paste vessels and transmit it to such parts of the roll or piece of paper or other material as may be necessary, as the paper passes between them before entering the machine substantially as herein described.

2. Iclaim, the employment of a series consisting of any suitable number of molds G1,

to GVG, of proper form for the boxes, arranged soas to work radially or nearly so upon or within a revolving mold wheel I, J, outside a series of tables N N, in such a way that a piece of paper or other thin material to form a box is taken between each of the several molds and their respective tables and drawn between the edge of a projection Z), and of a clamp t, or other edges attached to or form.- ing part of the wheel, for the purpose of bending the lpaper up the sides of t-he mold, substantially as herein described, and thus forming three sides of the box.k

3. I claim, attaching to the mold wheel, between the molds, a number' of blades c, o, corresponding with the number of molds, so arranged at equal distances apart and at equal distances from the axis E of the wheel that the distance between their cutting edges shall be equal to the required length of paper to form the box, and that they are severally and successively caused by the revolution of the mold wheel, to act in combination with a fixed knife CZ, suitably arranged in any way substantially as described, and cut the paper or material from the roll in proper lengths to form the boxes.

4L. I claim, the clamps t, t, arranged one at the side of each mold and actuated and operating substantially as described for the purpose of lapping the part 37 of the paper or material over the mold to form part of the fourth side of the box.

5. I claim, the presser' I), arranged relatively to the mold wheel and operating substantially as described for laying down the scribed on or Within a wheel H, or its equiv- V alent which rotates with the mold wheel, and successively so operated as described, by coming in contact with a fixed tongue 33, or other fixed part of the machine during the revolution, that each at the proper time folds the part 41 of the paper or material and laps it over one side of the part 40 as repred sented in the drawings.

8. I claim, the arm U, arranged as described, carrying the plate 15, by coming in contact with which, the part 42, of the paper or material is folded and lapped over the jaw of the nippers, and operated upon subopposite side of thepart 40, to that covered by the part 41, also carrying the plate 14, which is caused by the action of studs Z, Z, on the wheel H, or its equivalent to be moved from the central shaft to lap the part 43, over the parts 40, 41, 42, and thus complete the formation of the bottom of the box.v

9. I claim, the stationary smoothing and pressing plate 16, arranged as described to smooth and finish the bottom of the box, by the revolution of the latter in contact withit.

10. I claim, the arrangement and mode of operating the roller 44 to take the glue or adhesive material from a fixed trough 47, l and distribute it over the bottom of the box to prepare the same for sanding.

11. I claim, the shears 62, G9, arranged and operating as described at the end of the 1 intervals and cutting them o' one by one as required to be presented to the boxes.

12. I claim, the table 71, attached to or supported above the shear blade 69, so as to move with it, for the purposeof receiving the cut label and applying it to the box, as

herein set forth.

13. I claim, the arrangement of and mode of operating the tongs 74, 75, substantially vas described; that is to say the said tongs being arranged so that each box will pass them after being completely formed, and being operated to move toward the mold wheel with open jaws and to close upon the box when it is between them so that the mold by a movement in the direction of its length may be withdrawn from the box, and then to move with closed jaws from the mold wheel to carry the box to a trough or box of sand.

14. I claim, the hook 88 attached to one stantially as described, so that as the said jaws descend with the box toward, the sand box, it throws up the mouth of the box to bring it to a nearly upright position to dip the bottom in the sand substantially as herein set forth.

15. I claim, the rod- 92 arranged and operated upon as described to knock over the linished box from the sand box.

16. I claim, the general arrangement and combination of the several portions of the machine as herein described either with or 1without the labeling and sanding apparatuses and their appendages.

R. L. I-IAWE S.

Witnesses: A

T. W. HAMMOND, H. M. WITTER. 

